Hacker News with Generative AI: Education

The U.S..D.A. has frozen education funding for Maine (nytimes.com)
A judge on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Eric Adams, ending the first criminal case against a New York City mayor in modern history and underscoring how President Trump’s Justice Department is using prosecutorial power to advance his agenda.

Politics, Law, Education, New York

12 points by pmags 2 hours ago | 5 comments

Prof. Sussman's Reading List (aurellem.org)
Serving as a TA for Professor Sussman will get you three things: great advice, spectacular reading recommendations, and lots of high quality tea.

Education, Recommendations, Teaching

51 points by tmseidman 5 hours ago | 7 comments

OpenAI Academy (openai.com)

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Education

5 points by taytus 1 day ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news (fluentsubs.com)

Education, Language Learning, News, Technology

452 points by ph4evers 2 days ago | 171 comments

Apple chip engineer returns to China, joins Fudan University (scmp.com)
A former Apple chip engineer from China has left the US tech giant to join China’s prestigious Fudan University in Shanghai, underscoring the country’s efforts to attract top semiconductor talent as it seeks to bolster domestic chipmaking capabilities.

Semiconductors, China, Education, Talent Acquisition

7 points by kelt 2 days ago | 0 comments

Kagi for Kids (kagi.com)
The Kagi Family Plan is perfect for families wanting to search smarter, emphasizing learning over consumption while respecting your family's privacy.

Family, Privacy, Search Engines, Education

196 points by ryanjamurphy 2 days ago | 166 comments

The Average College Student Is Illiterate (persuasion.community)
Students are not what they used to be. The crisis is worse than you think.

Education, Literacy, Students

85 points by sebg 2 days ago | 11 comments

Show HN: AI-powered reading companion that helps you read hard books (collabai.live)

AI, Reading, Education, Technology, Books

18 points by joezee 3 days ago | 9 comments

Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits (2020) (vox.com)
An emergency situation that turned out to be mostly a false alarm led a lot of schools in Los Angeles to install air filters, and something strange happened: Test scores went up. By a lot. And the gains were sustained in the subsequent year rather than fading away.

Education, Air Quality, Public Health, Research, Los Angeles

306 points by tangjurine 3 days ago | 141 comments

Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation fearing Trump retaliation (ctvnews.ca)
A Montreal pediatrician says NYU cancelled her presentation, likely out of fear of retaliation from the Donald Trump administration.

Politics, Healthcare, Education, Censorship

20 points by cempaka 3 days ago | 3 comments

ICE Revoking Students' Immigration Statuses Without Their or the Uni's Knowledge (zeteo.com)
In a developing story, it appears the Trump administration is quietly targeting even more students for deportation and doing so in a way that is taking universities and the students themselves completely by surprise.

Immigration, Politics, Education, Law

123 points by ColinWright 3 days ago | 41 comments

Trump's War on Education (chrishedges.substack.com)
Trump’s assault on education comes out of the playbook used by all authoritarian regimes.

Politics, Education, Authoritarianism

11 points by chmaynard 3 days ago | 0 comments

Open source, 3D-printable smart chess board (thangs.com)
Print. Click. Play. OpenChess is a fully open source smart chessboard designed to make interactive, intelligent gameplay accessible to everyone. By combining low-cost electronics, 3D printing, and customizable software, OpenChess empowers makers, educators, and chess lovers to build their own connected chess experience — without the high price tag.

Open Source, 3D Printing, Chess, Education, Hardware

63 points by bdcravens 3 days ago | 32 comments

Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Student Visa Holders (kenklippenstein.com)
The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa, according to a “sensitive” State Department directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and which I obtained.

Politics, Immigration, Education, Surveillance

16 points by bbqfog 3 days ago | 0 comments

New Textbook Featuring GNU Radio Published (gnuradio.org)
The GNU Radio community is excited to share the publication of a new textbook dedicated to GNU Radio and its applications!

Software, Open Source, Education, Radio

24 points by teleforce 4 days ago | 0 comments

The average college student today (hilariusbookbinder.substack.com)
I’m Gen X. I was pretty young when I earned my PhD, so I’ve been a professor for a long time—over 30 years. If you’re not in academia, or it’s been awhile since you were in college, you might not know this: the students are not what they used to be.

Generational Differences, Education, Higher Education, College Students

743 points by Jyaif 4 days ago | 969 comments

Four Lectures on Standard ML (1989) [pdf] (cs.tufts.edu)

Programming Languages, Computer Science, Education, Standard ML

147 points by swatson741 4 days ago | 49 comments

Accessible open textbooks in math-heavy disciplines (richardzach.org)
The authoring platform of choice in many math-heavy disciplines is LaTeX. It produces typeset documents of excellent quality and handles formulas and mathematical diagrams extremely well. Practically every researcher or instructor in mathematics, physics, and computer science is adept at using it, and it has a wide user base outside these core disciplines as well (e.g., philosophy and economics).

Open Textbooks, Mathematics, LaTeX, Education

235 points by volemo 4 days ago | 74 comments

Show HN: I built a tool that generates quizzes from documents using LLMs (ycombinator.com)
Hey everyone! I recently built this little side project that takes any document you upload and turns it into practice quizzes using LLMs to generate the questions: https://www.cuiz-ai.com

LLMs, Generative AI, Education, Tools

10 points by nelson687 5 days ago | 4 comments

Bill Gates: AI will replace doctors/teachers – humans unneeded for most things (cnbc.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Healthcare

10 points by mysterypie 5 days ago | 5 comments

Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Foreign Students (kenklippenstein.com)
The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa, according to a “sensitive” State Department directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and which I obtained.

Politics, Immigration, Education, United States

14 points by mdhb 5 days ago | 1 comments

21-year old dev destroys LeetCode, gets kicked out of school (youtube.com)

Programming, Education, Social Media

13 points by amrrs 6 days ago | 5 comments

The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee (thepennpost.com)
On March 3rd, Roy Lee got an email from Columbia University. Figuring it was just another college newsletter, Roy, the creator of Interview Coder, was shocked at what he saw when he opened the latest message in his inbox. It was a notification from Columbia University’s Center for Student Success and Intervention (CSSI) that his case would be reopened following an initial Dean’s Discipline Hearing on February 17th, where he avoided potential suspension or expulsion.

Education, Interviews, Online Learning, Legal Issues

70 points by distalx 6 days ago | 44 comments

I got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against LeetCode interviews (linkedin.com)
I just got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against Leetcode interviews.

Education, Software Development, Controversy

20 points by mmarian 6 days ago | 18 comments

The Japanese Writing System Explained: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji (kanjimaster.ai)
When students begin the journey of learning Japanese, they are met with a fascinating yet complex writing system composed of three scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.

Japanese Language, Writing Systems, Education, Hiragana, Katakana

18 points by adilmoujahid 6 days ago | 6 comments

University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Raids American Brain Trust (deanblundell.substack.com)
It’s not a joke anymore. The University of Toronto is actively recruiting—and landing—some of the United States’ most high-profile intellectuals, and it’s not just about prestige. It’s about survival.

Education, Canada, United States, Academic Recruitment, Brain Drain

78 points by newaccountlol 6 days ago | 52 comments

I just got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against LeetCode interviews (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Education, Software Engineering, Social Media

10 points by taytus 6 days ago | 8 comments

Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts (nytimes.com)
An international student in a graduate program at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, according to the university’s president and an attorney representing the student.

Education, Immigration, Law Enforcement

108 points by breadwinner 7 days ago | 48 comments

Over 4M Gen Zers are jobless–experts blame worthless degrees and broken promises (fortune.com)
Over 4 million Gen Zers are jobless—and experts blame colleges for ‘worthless degrees’ and a system of broken promises for the rising number NEETs